Phillip Griswold was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He received his MFA at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, CA in 2010. He has been featured in exhibits in Santa Monica, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Culver City, Beverly Hills, as well as internationally including Beijing, China. His paintings are a part of public and private collections in New York, Los Angeles, Greater San Francisco, Beijing, China and Lucerne, Switzerland. Griswold is represented in San Francisco by Slate Contemporary, Oakland. He lives and works in Southern California.

Solo and Two-Artist Exhibitions

Modern Landscape: Phillip Griswold and Jennifer Nehrbass. Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA. December 2021-January 15, 2022

Michael Azgour + Phillip Griswold. Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA. August 1-September 28 2019

Blurring the Lines: Phillip Griswold and Michael Azgour. Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA. January 23-February 24 2018

Fiat Lux. Solo Exhibition, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica. Oct. 22-Nov. 26, 2016

PRISMA. Solo Exhibition, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica. July 25-September 5, 2015. 

New Work: chara corporea. Solo exhibition, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica. April 26-June 2014 

Phillip Griswold, Michael Trefzger: Paintings. Jefchak/Wyrick Gallery, Beverly Hills. December-February 2011-2012

Selected Group Exhibitions

Freakonature, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles. January 7-28, 2017.

MAS Attack, Torrance Museum of Art. November, 2016.

Art Academy of North America: Parallel and Intersection, Beijing, China. March 2016.

LAnCV, Coachella Valley Art Center. March, 2016.

Long Beach Museum of Art Auction XVI (Invitational). Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach. May 2015

Small Works. Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica. December 2015- January 2016.

The City Show, George Billis Gallery, Culver City. Summer 2011.

Small Works Show, Museum X, Pomona. November 2010.

Eight From CGU, Ruth Bachofner Gallery. July-September 2010. 

For Roland, (Roland Reiss) Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona. September 2010. 

Merging, Graduate Group Exhibition, Claremont Graduate University. May 2010.

Epoch: The Prosaic Sublime, MFA Thesis Solo Exhibition, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University. April 2010.

The Leak of Contemporary Artists 2, The dA Center for the Arts, Pomona. Spring 2010.

The 210 Show, Gallery 210, Pasadena. December 2009.

The Leak of Contemporary Artists, The dA Center for the Arts, Pomona. Spring 2009.

The Red Show, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona. Fall 2008.

Bent Light, The Gallery, Eagle Rock Summer 2007

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